Taxon details
Megaraneus gabonensis (Lucas, 1858)
- Rank: Species (Genus type)
- Status: accepted
- Described:
- Last updated: 2022-06-08
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016402]
- Distribution: Africa
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- Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Epeira chinchoxensis Karsch, 1879, (2950)
Epeira angolensis Brito Capello, 1866: 79, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df).
Epeira chinchoxensis Karsch, 1879a: 333 (Df).
Aranea basilissa Thorell, 1899: 44 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056895].
Cyrtophora angolensis Pocock, 1900g: 853.
Cyrtophora gabonensis Simon, 1907d: 286.
Caerostris basilissa Roewer, 1942a: 888.
Megaraneus campbelli Lawrence, 1968: 110, f. 1a-e, 2a-e, g (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056896].
Megaraneus gabonensis Grasshoff, 1984: 763 (T from Cyrtophora, S of Caerostris basilissa and Megaraneus campbelli).
Megaraneus gabonensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 48, p. 47: 1 f., p. 48: 6 f. (f).
Brito Capello, F. de (1866). Especies novas ou pouco conhecidas d'arachnidios d'Africa occidental. Journal of the Scientific Academy of Science Lisboa 1: 79-88. -- Show included taxa
Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022e). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 2 (E-Ne). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 64 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6619195 -- Show included taxa
Grasshoff, M. (1984). Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Caerostris (Arachnida: Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 98(4): 725-765. -- Show included taxa
Karsch, F. (1879a). West-afrikanische Arachniden, gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Falkenstein. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 52: 329-373. -- Show included taxa
Lawrence, R. F. (1968). Four new spiders from southern Africa (Araneae). Annals of the Natal Museum 20: 109-121. -- Show included taxa
Lucas, H. (1858). Aptères. In: Thomson, J. (ed.) Voyage au Gabon. Archives Entomologiques de M. J. Thomson 2, 377-445, pl. 12-13. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.11206 -- Show included taxa
Pocock, R. I. (1900g). On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67(4, 1899): 833-885, pl. 55-58. [published in April 1900, after Duncan, 1937] -- Show included taxa
Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy, Bremen, 1040 pp. -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1907d). Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 1re partie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 43: 218-323. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1899). Araneae Camerunenses (Africae occidentalis) quas anno 1891 collegerunt Cel. Dr Y. Sjöstedt aliique. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 25(IV, 1): 1-105. -- Show included taxa
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Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
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2022-06-08 | New taxonomic reference entry | Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e | n/a |